190 TFSI - belt or chain

[orcomma]

Took my A5 190 TFSI in for a bit of warranty work (trim issues, speaker grille rattle, nothing major)

When I collected it the service "invoice" (all FOC of course) advised dates when future items will need doing, one of them is a timing belt change (due waaay after my PCP expires, but it got me thinking)

Are the EA888 Gen 3B TFSI engine's camshafts belt or chain driven?

I assumed it would be a zero maintenance chain drive, as that seems to be the standard nowadays (all my previous BMWs were chain driven)

Anyone know?

 

[cuke2u]

Here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Volkswagen_Group_petrol_engines says chain...

 

[orcomma]

Thanks, so basically the dealer don't know what they are talking about lmao

Although, mine is the odd one of the range, because it's a gen 3B EA888 not a gen 3. It's the new Budack cycle (like a miller cycle).... i think the 250hp 2.0 and S5 aren't 3B engines. SO maybe the 3B is belt driven

 

[cuke2u]

You have the same engine mine has but I wouldn't have thought they would change the way in which the cams were driven over the incarnations of the ea888. This article says as much https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Volkswagen_Group_petrol_engines unlike the ea113 it replaced..

 

[deanshaw24]

It’s chain